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Departed Love:

Quote:"if the people we love are taken from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. buildings burn, people die, but real love is 
forever"--Crow

You left, but the air still carries your scent, 
like whispers from a world half-forgotten. 
I imagine your hand reaching for mine, 
not in dreams, but in the quiet moments 
when the sun sets without a sound. 

The chair where you once sat is filled, 
not by absence, but by your presence 
lingering, like unfinished words. 
I hear your laughter in the rustling leaves, 
a phantom sound that fades when I try to listen. 

Your love for music filled the air with melody, 
Not just for you, but neighbors found their place. 
Now silence wraps the space you once adorned, 
Only your songs echo, in stillness reverberates. 

Time doesn't heal, it just stretches, 
like a thread pulled too thin, 
ready to snap but never breaking. 
I picture you in places we've never been, 
walking streets, we've never known, 
and somehow, I’m there beside you.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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La France Avatar
October 1, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Jay, you need to contact me about this poem, Constance
George Avatar
September 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
"somehow, I’m there beside you." This is true love! Though she is gone, she fills the vacant chambers of your heart. How true is the saying- 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder' . A heart stirring poem of love and longing. All the Best.
Rodgers Avatar
September 19, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Hello Jay, how romantic and well versed to express the beauty of life and the loss that comes with that beauty. I believe you have a wonderful poem of grief and renewal and memories. - Blessings, My Friend, Daniel
Greenhough Avatar
September 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
This is a beautiful romantic poem. The death makes it bittersweet.
Goldsmith Avatar
September 18, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I enjoyed reading your lovely write. Great picture/Great Ending... "Good Luck" if for a contest.. Have a blessed day writing away.................
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